Fra Diavolo

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Michele Pezza

Birthday

Sunday, April 07, 1771

Birthplace

Itri, Kingdom of Naples

Died

Tuesday, November 11, 1806

Diavolo, Fra:

see Fra DiavoloFra Diavolo[Ital.,=friar devil], 1771–1806, Italian bandit and soldier, whose real name was Michele Pezza. He entered the service of the king of Naples in 1798 and with Cardinal Ruffo resisted the French invasion (1799) of the kingdom......Click the link for more information..

Fra Diavolo

(frä dēä`vōlō) [Ital.,=friar devil], 1771–1806, Italian bandit and soldier, whose real name was Michele Pezza. He entered the service of the king of Naples in 1798 and with Cardinal Ruffo resisted the French invasion (1799) of the kingdom. He was captured (1806) and hanged by the French. The plot of Auber's opera Fra Diavolo (libretto by Scribe) is in no respect historical.

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